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Aquis Exchange is introducing a new order type – Market at Close (MaC) – that allows its Members to enter orders for matching on the Aquis Exchange platform at the closing price of the market-of-listing end-of-day auction.  This initiative is supported by a number of key asset management and brokerage firms.  MaC meets pre- and post-trade transparency requirements and, crucially, will not be subject to MiFID II restrictions for the use of reference price waivers. MaC has received approval from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority. It will be offered at no additional cost to Aquis Exchange Members that are top-tier
SEI has launched SEI Firm Compliance, a new global regulatory management framework that equips investment organisations to oversee and orchestrate compliance functions firm-wide, across investment products and regulatory jurisdictions.  SEI’s Investment Manager Services (IMS) division developed the compliance framework as an add-on to the customised global operating platform it provides to its investment manager clients.   SEI’s offering takes a new approach in that it centralises an investment firm’s internal and outsourced compliance functions in a single management framework tailored to the user’s mix of business activities. SEI has incorporated the compliance framework into the Manager Dashboard of SEI’s global
Heptagon Capital has successfully completed the conversion of the Helicon Fund from an equity-hedge product to a global long-only equity by removing the index futures hedging overlay. The change is in response to client demand Launched as the second product on Heptagon’s Irish UCITS platform in April 2011, the Helicon Fund now has an established four-year track record. The Fund has been managed in-house by two seasoned professionals with over thirty years of combined market experience in equities. Helicon’s focus has been on investing in a concentrated portfolio of high-quality equities with exposure to attractive long-term themes. These include growth
S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) has launched a new family of Global Inflation-Linked Sovereign Indices to effectively measure inflation-linked country debt within these classifications.  The launch of the S&P Global Sovereign Inflation-Linked Bond Indices is part of S&P DJI’s global initiative to expand its fixed income index offerings globally across more bond types. The S&P Global Sovereign Inflation-Linked Bond Indices are broad, comprehensive, market value-weighted indices that seek to measure the performance of the inflation-linked securities market. The Indices are comprised of a universe of fixed rate, locally denominated inflation-linked sovereign debt publicly issued by governments in their domestic
Oil – According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) US oil production increased by 1.2m barrels per day last year to 8.7m barrels per day: the biggest annual change in US field production of crude oil in over a century. This supply glut caused crude oil prices to drop off a precipice last year, falling from USD107 per barrel in June to USD45 per barrel in March this year. Despite this, production has continued unabated.  On 25 March 2015, for example, the EIA announced that US crude production had risen to 9.42m barrels per day: the highest level since
The last six months have been turbulent times for crude oil. On 17 March, WTI futures fell to USD42.63 – their lowest level since March 2009 – whilst Brent crude futures moved close to a six-year low of USD53 a barrel as the market reacted to the potential of Iran raising production on the back of sanctions being lifted.  On the fundamental side, steady supply growth has led to a glut of inventories in the US, reaching 444.4 million barrels according to the US Energy Information Administration; the highest level since 1982. Many were expecting last year that OPEC would
“We’re dealing with a global glut of soybeans compared to what we’ve seen in years past,” states Nicole Thomas (pictured), Commodity Analyst for McKeany-Flavell. “In the US last year we saw phenomenal yields; we’re sitting at 385m bushels.” From a global standpoint, stock levels are expected to be high with estimates of 25 metric tonnes of additional stocks. This is a result of strong production not just in the US but, more importantly, in South America; in particular Brazil, which now exports more soybeans than its bigger neighbour.  “In the US this year we will likely see some significant acreage.
The price of wheat and corn fell quite substantially last year, mainly on the back of strong planting and favourable weather. Between April and September, the price of corn futures fell from USD5.00 a bushel to USD3.30 a bushel. This year, as a result, US farmers have reduced their planting intentions. “At the same time, the demand for corn, which is used in biofuels, may fall a little this year on the back of weak energy prices so there will be less need to put these biofuels into the energy mix,” comments Nitesh Shah (pictured), Research Analyst and Director at
There are some commodities that investors rarely overlook when building their exposure to the complex: gold and energy commodities being top of the list. Agricultural commodities just aren’t as popular.  This baffles people like Sal Gilbertie, president, CIO and co-founder of Teucrium Trading LLC, the only single commodity ETF provider in the US for corn, wheat, sugar and soybeans. “People are shocked that in almost any 20-year period that you pick for the S&P 500 – sugar, soybeans, corn, wheat – are all often less correlated to the S&P 500 than gold. People tend to be under-represented on agriculturals because
E*TRADE Financial Corporation is to launch an app for the Apple Watch on 24 April, 2015. The app will deliver essential market data in an engaging and simple format to help investors and traders keep a watchful eye on the markets and their portfolios.  Specific features include: • Visual snapshots of market indices such as Dow, NASDAQ and S&P, as well as core metrics such as volume and performance. • Easy-to-glance summary of accounts, portfolios and watch lists, including positions and daily gains or losses. • Customisable notifications alerting users when relevant market, account or position-related actions happen, such as

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